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Medvedev has promised to break the near-monopoly of ruling party United Russia over the political system. "New democratic times are beginning," he said in August. Critics say democracy was undermined by his predecessor Vladimir Putin, now prime minister, and the opposition says the situation has deteriorated since Medvedev came to power in May 2008. "Political competition is practically zero," said Liliya Shibanova, head of independent poll watchdog Golos. "Medvedev says we need competition, we need a multi-party system, but election results show the exact opposite." Mayoral, regional and district elections are being held in 76 of Russia's 83 regions, but the opposition has been particularly scathing of elections to the Moscow council, which controls the city's $40-billion budget. Six parties are registered for Sunday's Moscow vote, but the only posters in the city are for United Russia. Golos said it had reports that Moscow authorities were pressuring workers to vote to boost the turn-out. "Everything is decided in advance," said 28-year-old teacher Jay Komisarzhevskaya. "I haven't voted for almost 10 years." Russia's first recession in a decade has done little to dent support for its ruling party, which has put the emphasis on preserving social order to keep a lid on simmering unrest in one-factory towns where indebted factories have laid off staff. Medvedev, in an interview to be aired on Russian television later on Sunday, said unemployment was the biggest problem faced by Russia today. Jobless rates reached a nine-year high of 10.2 percent in March, though have since retreated to 8.1 percent in August. "We will promote economic growth and we will give our manufacturing enterprises the opportunity to develop, but what's most important is to control unemployment," Medvedev said in comments published on the Kremlin's website, www.kremlin.ru. 'IMITATION OF A BATTLE' Medvedev, wearing a leather coat and open-necked shirt, cast his vote in the morning. Sixty-two percent of Muscovites polled by the Levada center described the vote as "simply an imitation of a battle" and said they expected the seats to be distributed by the authorities. Pro-Western opposition parties say every one of their candidates was refused registration for the 17 first past the post seats on the Moscow council, most because some of thousands of signatures provided for registration were deemed invalid. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: FACTBOX: 30 million Russians to vote in regional elections Afghanistan and Pakistan Qaeda-Taliban bond overcomes strains, for now The Taliban's alliance with Osama bin Laden appears stronger but strains linger beneath the surface, offering opportunities for Western powers to foment a rift and deprive al Qaeda of its hosts' protection. 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